"What am I?" riddles are a classic format where the riddle describes an object, concept, or creature from its own perspective. The solver must figure out what is being described based on the clues given. These riddles are excellent for building lateral thinking skills and are popular with all age groups.
295 riddles

Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read...

I'm usually round I'm as light as a feather Thousands of men cannot carry me What am i?
I'm made for one but meant for two; I can be worn for many years but usually just a few; You won't ever need me unless you say you do. What am I?
I am at the beginning of eternity, but also I am at the beginning of equators. I am at the end of life, but also I am the end of love. What am I?

I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg, I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole, I can be...

When I am filled I can point the way, When I am empty Nothing moves me, I have two skins One without and one within. What am I?

I am cold to the touch but yet I burn if held What am I?

Squeeze me and I cry tears as red as flesh, but my heart is made of stone. What am I?
Soldiers line up spaced with pride, Two long rows lined side by side. One sole unit can decide, If the rows will unite or divide. Tell me, tell me, scream i...

I appear to be real but I'm not, I'm perfectly accurate but deceiving, I have no feelings or emotions, but the individual I'm mimicking does. What am I?

Who can shave three times a day and still grow a beard?

I start with the letter e, I end with the letter e. I contain only one letter, Yet I am not the letter e! What am I?
I always run but never walk, Have a mouth but never talk. What am I?
If you know me then I am nothing, but if you don't, then I am something What am I?

I am a fruit. If you take away the first letter of my name I become a crime. Take away the first two letters of my name I become an animal. Take away the first...

Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all. What am I?

I come right in front of Earth, at the end of time, and twice in a week. What am I?

Open me, and you can't see me without a mirror. Close me and you can't see me at all. What am I?

Some will use me, while others will not, some have remembered, while others have forgot. For profit or gain, I'm used expertly, I can't be picked off the ground...

You're both in and outside of me; You guide me but don't ride me; I can make a statement with a tongue but no mouth. What am I?

I am a being with many faces. My first is peaceful and calm, but can kill you. My second is strong enough to smash ships but still fears the sun. My third fl...

I shrink smaller every time I take a bath. What am I?

I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assassinated. What am I?
When I point up it's bright, but when I point down it's dark. What am I?